1904 Georgia Tech football team

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1904 Georgia Tech football
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Conference Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record8–1–1 (3–1–1 SIAA)
Head coach
CaptainBarien Moore
Home stadium Piedmont Park
Seasons
  1903
1905  
1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Vanderbilt + 5 0 09 0 0
Auburn + 5 0 05 0 0
Sewanee 4 1 07 1 0
Georgia Tech 3 1 18 1 1
Alabama 5 3 07 3 0
Clemson 3 2 13 3 1
Tulane 3 2 05 2 0
Cumberland (TN) 1 1 03 1 0
Kentucky State 0 0 09 1 0
Ole Miss 2 3 04 3 0
LSU 1 2 03 4 0
Tennessee 1 4 13 5 1
Nashville 0 4 12 5 1
Georgia 0 4 01 5 0
Mississippi A&M 0 5 02 5 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1904 Georgia Tech football team represented the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1904 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season. This is the first year for Georgia Tech under coach John Heisman. Lob Brown was the school's first consensus All-Southern player.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Camp McPherson*W 11–5
October 8 Florida State College *
  • Piedmont Park
  • Atlanta, GA
W 35–0
October 15Mooney*
  • Piedmont Park
  • Atlanta, GA
W 51–0
October 17 University of Florida (Lake City)*
  • Piedmont Park
  • Atlanta, GA
W 77–0
October 22 Tennessee
W 2–0 [1]
October 29at Auburn Auburn, AL (rivalry)L 0–12 [2]
November 5 Clemson
T 11–11
November 12 Georgia
W 23–6
November 162:30 p.m. Tennessee Docs *
  • Piedmont Park
  • Atlanta, GA
W 59–0 [3] [4]
November 24 Cumberland (TN)
  • Piedmont Park
  • Atlanta, GA
W 18–05,000

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References

  1. "Tennessee lost to Blacksmiths". The Atlanta Constitution. October 23, 1904. Retrieved August 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Georgia Techs Lose To Auburn". Atlanta Constitution. October 30, 1904. p. 5. Retrieved May 7, 2016 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. "Techs Expect Record". The Atlanta Constitution . Atlanta, Georgia. November 16, 1904. p. 9. Retrieved September 21, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  4. "Techs Better Sewanee Score". The Atlanta Constitution . Atlanta, Georgia. November 17, 1904. p. 9. Retrieved September 21, 2021 via Newspapers.com Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg .
  5. "Georgia Tech Media Guide". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  6. "1904 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results | College Football". www.sports-reference.com.